Calculating-machine.



PATEN'IE MAB@ 31., l

F. HAUSSTEN, LGULATNG MACHNE.

APPLUATON FILED NOW 9,1904.

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WILLIAM l". HAUSSTEIN, Ob` LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, A SSIGNOR TO THE KEUFEEL ESSER CONPAN Y, 0l" HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CA LCULATING'-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Merch 31, 1908.

Application filed November 9, 1904i. Serial No, 232,002.

To all whom 'it ifm/g cmiccrft:

Be it known that l, WiLLiAir F. IxIAizss'rniiN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lyndhurst, in the county of .Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful lmpro vements in Calcuspecilicotion.

This invention relates to calculating inachines such as that which forms the subject matter ol U. S. Patent to Alexander llecbnit zer, Number 809,075, granted Jan. 8, 1906.

ln that machine the operation olE addition, subtraction, multiplication and. division are performed and the machine comprises two series ol graduated slots, one slot in each series for cach digit of the .number to be handled. .ln each slot there is a numeral. slide bywmeans ol' which the niechanism is set up for either of the operations named, after which. the machine is started by means el a manually operated starting lever.

ln performing either lol' the operations, on the machine as heretofore constructed, should the operator fail to set up the number to be added or subtracted or the multiplier or divisor, and then start the machine, the result ol the operation would be nothing and the weer of the machine and the timeconsumed would be wasted.

The special object of this invention is to reiider it impossible to start the machine unless the multiplier lu.' divisor is set up in its series ol slots and the invention consists in providing mechanism in such machines for carrying out this object by .locking the starting lever when the numeral slides are all at zero.

ln the accompanying dravviiigs l have illustrated the mechanism for preventing the starting ol the machine with somuch of the standable.

ln these drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of enough of the machine as improved to illustrate my invention, 'parts bein broken away,I and parts shown in dette lines. F 2 is a iront elevation of the same with the'iront ol the casing' removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through the easing showing the mechanisi'n of Fig. 2 in end elevation. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View with one et least of the numeral slidesadm4 justed to indicate some number, the starting 55 lever being free to be operated to start the n'iachine, and Fig. 5 is a similar view with the numeral slides at zero and the starting lever locked against operation. Fig. v6 is a partial plan view with parts broken away, 50 showing part of the numeral wheels and their actueting mechanism. Fig. '7 is a partial plan View with the top plate and sliding carriage removed showing the clutch mechanism and the devices actuated by the start- 65 ing lever for starting and stopping the Ina-- chine.

Referring now speeically to the drawings,

6 indicates the stationary top of the machine and '7 the top ol the sliding carriage thereof. 70

ln the top 6 is a series of graduated slots,

as at 8, 9, and 10, the number of such slots beingx governed bv the capaci-ty of the mf chine, or the number of digits of the highest number to be, added or subtracted or ofthe 7-5 multiplier or divisor, each slot being graduated from l) to Q and 'providedwith a numeral slide as at 11, 12,"end 13 carrying n suitable pointer or indicator and connected up inside the machine with the calculating mechanism so as in the original machine but not herein shown.

ljivoted under the top plate G, by the side of each slot is a bar as at, 14, 15, 16, all of said bars being connected for simultaneous niove- 35 ment by a bar 17 and each bar comprising a reducel end and an inclined. portion 18 connecting said end and the main body.

The starting lever, indicated at 19, is mounted on a shalt 'ZG journaled in bearings 90 21 on the base ol? the machine and passes up through a slot in the top (i. ln starting the machine this lever is moved to the left hand end 22 of the slot for division, to the right hand end Z3 for multiplication, into a branch 95 slot 24 for addition and into another branch slot- 25 for subtraction.

26 indicates a plate mounted below the to 6 by screws 27 assing throu h slots QS Whic ermits of its s iding forwari and backward. 10( his late is rovded with a transverse slot 29 w ose en s are inclined forward as at so, :s1-q f ,y

32 indicates a longitudinal locking rbar slidably securedupon the under side of the v10: top plate 6 by screws 33 passing through siots end yieldingly forced toward the right by a spring 35, A lever 36 is pivotally secured at 37 under the top plate one end being pivoteil to the har 32 and the other end 'to the bar 17. The force of the spring- 35, transmitted through the lever 3G and the bnr i", normally presses the. free reduced ends of the bars l-fl, Vl5 and 16 to the left against the ninnerel slides when in zero nosition. ln this position the right lf .id nl of the locking har 32, which is inclined, or cam shaped, at 3?, iorces the plate forward and looks the starting lever against movement either forward, backward or to either side, as sho n said lever being thus prevented from reaching either end oi the slot 29 or of the lvran'ch slots 24- or l5 so that the machine cit-wot he started to perform any ci its opera Should an slides he set or more ci the numeral ligure from 1 to Si, "(as y one hi, the connecting har i? cai yoi the hars Ii etc. to the right draws the locking bei* T517.' to the "i tl .metio-f the spring thus fin Contact with the piitte and free end permitting the the f moved into either ci to start Lne meetnne 'le operations ot' eddition,

lin

oi ti multiohraien or division.

' ne envious that tjvhen all of the l i..les cre :it zero, the starting lever will ne automatically located and that the cannot be started to perform use i l operation sind that when ony number ser up by the slides, the locking releed and the starting lever moved into positionfto start the s to perform any oi' the operationsil' le periforn'iing.

is shown sufficient ci" the calculatnechenism ci the llechnitzer patented 'hinting machine to identity the connection of the mechanism oi the nresent invention tliicrewith, the graduated slots and slides for indicating the amounts to be added or subtracted being indicated at and 13, and one of the numeral wheels for indicating the results, 44.

T he main shaft i of the machine is connected by gearing with a shaft 46, which in turn is connected by bevel gearing 47 with the shafts (not shown) of the drums 48 (of which there is a number in each machine equal to the numher ot digits in the highest number upon which the machine is capable of o erating) which carry teeth 4Q of gredue.te i)lcng`th. As slidable gears 5() are adjusted (byslides 8, 9, 10) on shafts 51, these shafts are rotated a distance determined by the positions of the slides und as they are spondingly rotated and the various calculating operations performed in the manner fully explained in the specification ofA the Rechnitzer patent hereinbefore referred to.

rlfhe main sheet fi, is driven by a motor, as at 53 in Fig. 7, 4and is connected, disconnected and reversed by mechanism illustrated in said gurc, which is fully described and claimed in a co-pending ap licaticn of mine, SerialNumber 237,236ii1e Dec. 17, 1904, the motor shaft 54 carrying a Worm (not shown) meshing with worm Wheel 55 on shaft 56, which latter, by the clutch mecl1- anism 57 actuates a shaft 58 connected by gearing (not shown) with the shaft 4 and also with e shaft 59, the latter being connected by gearing 6() with a shaft 61 carrying a inion 62 which meshes with a rock-shaft not sl'iown) on the carriage of the machine.

'lhc carriage at the end of its stroke strikes a lever 63, tius, through the medium of a link o4, and lever 65, automatically reversing the movement of the carriage, ell as fully described in .said (3o-pending application. i

The sti-irting lever slidable rock shaft 2Q carries e hub 66 from which proiccts a pin 67 into a slot GS in a-slidable plate 59 so that when the starting lever is moved from its normal position as indicated in Fig. 1, into out ci either oi" the ends or 23 of the slot, the shaft 20, is moved longitudinally, cousine pin (i7 to pass into or out of one of the ends oi the slot 68, which will cause said plate 69 to slide and actuate an elbow lever 70 Connected by a har er link 71 with the clutch mechanism, and thus aetuat-e the latter to start or stop the machine.

What l claim as new is:- L

1. In a machine of the character described, numeral Wheels, mechanism for operating them; means for setting up numbers, a m0- tor, a shaft actuated thereby, means for connecting said shaft with the mechanism for operating the numeral Wheels, and means for preventing such connection brought into operative''iosition by setting up zero.

2. ln a machine of the character described, numeral wheels, mechanism for ,operating them; means for setting up numbers, a motor, a shaft actuated thereby, means for con nurneralwheels, meclmnisni'for operating'.

them; means for setting up numbers, a ino tor, s shaft actuated thereby, means `for com necting seid shaft with the mechanism for operating the numeral wheels, end fiutoinotic means tor preventing the operation of such connection norinsllyheld in operative position when the setting ineens is ot zero .find rendered inoperative by setting up e number greater than zero.

.5. vln n machine of the character described, numeral Wheels, mechanism for oigaeroting them, ineens tor setting up numbers, o. inotor, s shaft actuated thereby, means for com necting seid shsit with the mechanism 'for operating the numeral wheels, and springr actuated moons 'for preventing the operation ot such connection normally held in operative position when the settingv niennsis et zero and rendered inoperative Aby setting up u. number greater thon Zero. 4

(i. In u. machine of the character described, men-ns for setting up numbers, o, motor, u shaft actuated thereby, o clutch on seid slnitt, ineens for shifting the clutch, end ineens for locking the shitting mechanism brought into operative position by setting up Zero.

7. ln :L nntchine of the character described, ineens for setting up numbers, s motor, a shfft actuated thereby, e clutch-on said shaft, means'ior shiitii'ign the clutch, and eutornetie locking Ineens tor the shifting mechanism normally held in locking position when the setting ineens is in the zero position.

8. In e machine. of the che-rector described, Ineens for setting upnunibers, e ino-- tor, a shaft actuated thereby, e clutch on seid shaft, lnemis 'tor shitting the clutch, and locking ineens for the shitting mechanism moved 'from its locking position by settingr up number greater thon. zero` .it 'ln e msehine oi the character described, ineens 'for setting up numbers, zi mo tor, o shaft actuated, thereby, e clutch on seid shaft, ineens for shitting the clutch, sind automatic locking ineens `for the shifting mechen isin removed troni its locking position by set ting un e number `@greater then zero,

10, .in a. machine oil the character described, ineens for setting up numbers, t nio* tor, o shaft eetustei'l thereby, o clutch on seid shaft, ineens for shifting the clutcl'i, ond springnctnoted locking ineens 'for the shift-- ing mechanism removed from its locking position by setting,x up it number greater than zero.

ll. ln e. motor actuated machine of the chsrocter described, the combination with the motor, n. shaft, o erotive connection between the motor en( the shaft, sind ineens lor actuating; seid connections, of immersi slides for setting up numbers, end ineens tor y looking the ractuating into operative position merel slides et cero..`

ln a niotor :untested machine oi the character described, 'the combination with the motor, s shaft, operative coi .lect-ions between the motor end 'the sliert, end ineens ier actuating. seid connections, of nurnersl slides for setting up numbers, sind automatic locking nie/ens tor the actuating inechenisrn removed 'troni opl retive position by setting up any numeral slide. 'to s. number greet-er than zero.` l

13. In e motor actuated innchine of the. character described, the combinotion with :t motor, e shaft, operative connectionsbo tween the motor end the shaft, end. means ior octimting seid connections, oi" e locking bei' 'for the actuating niechitnisni, s numero slide for settingr up "e number, e. ber ivotecl alongside the slide end opereted there Jy, sind connections between the seid pivoted bei' end locking 111. ln e. motor actuated machine of, the clieritcter described, the combinetionwith the motor, :t shaft, operative connections ne-- tween the motor end the shaft, end ineens for actuating seid connections, of e plurslity of numeral slides for setting up numbers, o ber pivoted alongside of each slide, e hir connecting seid pivoted levers, and connes tions between the connecting ber and the locking' bei'. f

15. lo e motor netos-ted machine of `the chsrecter described, 'the combinetionivith tbc motor, n. shaft, operative connections benieclienisn'i brought by setting sil the nu tween the motor end the shaft-,ond 'ineens and e.. connection between the opposite end ot the lever end the locking bar.

16. 'in e cslculetinginechine, the combination with e lever, e slidoble locking plete, end e locking bar therefor, of e )lurslity of numeral slides for setting up nunibers, e 'pivoted ber adjacent to each slide, a. bor con- .nectingT sind. pivoted bers vfor simultaneous operation, and e pivoted lever connected 'at 4one end with the connecting ber ond et the other end with the locking; bei".

i7. ln e celculeting machine, the eornbination with o slideble slotted plete and lever projected through its slot, of ineens for setting up o number, ond a .locking ber for the slotted plete brought intooperetion by bringing the setting Ineens to zero.

i8. ln e calculating machine, the combi,- netion with a. slideble slotted plete and e lever projected through its slot, of means for setting up s number, and clocking her for the slotted plete Withdrawn from operation t by setting up e number greater than zero.

19. n a calculating machine, the combii nation with a'slidable piate hevinga siotconfor actuating said connections,.of a numeral slide for setting up e number, a pivoted lever .comprising a body, a reduced end, and an in clined connecting portion, and lockingY mem s sisting of a mam portion and two inclined for the actuatingr mechanism brought in to ends, end a 1rever projected through said slot, and withdrawn om operative osltion by of means for setting up a number and locking the operation of the numerai siiA e upon the means for the slidahie slotted plate brought various parts of the pvoted lever,

into and reieased from operative position by the operation of the setting up means.

20. In a motor actuated machine of the character described, the combination with the motor, a shaft, operative connections between fthe motor and the shaft, and means In testimony whereof I aHix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

"NLLIAM F. HAUSST'EIN. Witnesses:

'WILLIE L. E. KEUFFEL, CLAnENcn S. HAMMELL, 

